You talkin’ to me?

I have new followers and so I thought I’d take a page from Elana Johnson and Ali Cross and tell you all a little about myself.

{{Warning – it is entirely possible this is WAY MORE than you want to know about me}}

So, here we go:

I’ve been married for 23 years this year. I often call my husband “superhubby” as he has to keep this crazy household together when I am writing.

We have two kids, one I lovingly call THE TEEN and my PRETEEN. The kids definitely help me “keep it real” with my writing.

I work in education as a school psychologist – and yes, I have a love-hate relationship with the day job at the moment.

I write BOTH nonfiction and fiction because I am pretty much insane.

I often talk about my amazing CPs (critique partners). I am still in shock that they put up with my angst…

Which reminds me, I’m every bit as emotionally intense as the kids I write about – consider yourself warned.

I have two places I LOVE to write (though I will write anywhere and everywhere, trust me) – my cave at home, and my other cave. The other cave features cute baristas and fabulous lattes.

Yes, I can be found rocking out with Band Hero or dancing to Just Dance 2 with the kids – not that you will EVER get to witness this!

I may be a little obsessive about shoes.

I may feel significant angst over “fitting in” with the cool peeps I like to hang out with online.

I definitely feel guilty about not being able to “do it all” – you know, keep up with work, writing, blogging, parenting, etc….{{And yes, I may have a bit of a superwoman complex}}. If this sounds like you too, do yourself a favor and read about Sara Zarr’s Keynote at SCBWI. BRILLIANT!!! (read here)

When I am not working, writing, or stressing (which almost never happens), I like to garden, cook (gourmet, all the way) or hang with/have dinner with people significantly cooler than me!

I’m coming to the same conclusion, Beth. I think we ALL feel like everyone else is the better writer with the better deals and tons of self-confidence and talent – and I think we’re all actually deluding ourselves. 🙂

See, for me, you’re one of the cool kids who I try to fit in with…BUT the reason I keep coming back here is because of who YOU are. You write valuable posts and I think keeping a connection with you will be beneficial to my writing career.

Thanks for sharing this. I have written three Who am I posts…yeah, not posting them.

Yay! I loved this! Let’s see, I knew about the crazy passion for Just Dance 2. I knew about the emotional intensity (just a little bit, I swear). And you’re the second person today to link me to Sara’s talk. I have it in a tab ~ guess it’s time I slink on over there and read it, eh?

Thanks for sharing this Christine! I love getting to know you a bit better!